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Who buys Russia’s pipeline natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Russia exported $21.2 billion of pipeline natural gas (41.1 million tonnes), 12.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (38%), Hungary (14%) and Slovakia (11%). Russia was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$21.2billion
Tonnes
41.1million tonnes
Share of world total
12.5%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 18 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China8Tonnes: 15,935,175USD per tonne: $50537.9%Land
Hungary2.9Tonnes: 5,611,430USD per tonne: $51813.7%Sea
Slovakia2.3Tonnes: 3,794,952USD per tonne: $61711%Sea
Italy2.1Tonnes: 3,929,690USD per tonne: $53910%Sea
Greece1.7Tonnes: 3,564,216USD per tonne: $4657.8%Sea
Czechia0.9Tonnes: 1,308,593USD per tonne: $6884.2%Sea
Uzbekistan0.88Tonnes: 1,581,079USD per tonne: $5574.2%Sea
Serbia0.84Tonnes: 1,668,352USD per tonne: $5013.9%Sea
Kazakhstan0.62Tonnes: 1,117,278USD per tonne: $5572.9%Land
Armenia0.4Tonnes: 1,637,270USD per tonne: $2431.9%Sea
Georgia0.15Tonnes: 261,752USD per tonne: $5570.69%Land
North Macedonia0.11Tonnes: 179,246USD per tonne: $5980.51%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.08Tonnes: 156,987USD per tonne: $5110.38%Sea
Kyrgyzstan0.08Tonnes: 158,020USD per tonne: $5050.38%Sea
Bulgaria0.06Tonnes: 115,177USD per tonne: $5010.27%Sea
Azerbaijan0.03Tonnes: 100,591USD per tonne: $2610.12%Land
Slovenia0.02Tonnes: 27,442USD per tonne: $7080.09%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,5450%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 8
  • Hungary 2.9
  • Slovakia 2.3
  • Italy 2.1
  • Greece 1.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China08
Hungary0.492.9
Slovakia02.3
Italy02.1
Greece01.7

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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